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Golden Lion: Martinique football team travels 8,000 miles to lose 12-0 at Lille in French cup | World News<\/p>\n
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A football team from Martinique which made an 8,000 mile (12,900km) round-trip to play a cup tie in France lost the match 12-0.<\/p>\n
Golden Lion are the reigning champions on the island, an overseas region of France<\/strong> in the Caribbean, and one of several teams from outside the country to enter the French cup.<\/p>\n Unfortunately for them, they were drawn against Lille, from Ligue 1, the French first division, in the round of 64.<\/p>\n And there was no fairytale upset, as Lion failed to roar, getting mauled 12-0 by the former French champions in Saturday’s game.<\/p>\n They conceded seven goals before half-time, including four in nine minutes towards the end of the first half.<\/p>\n Jonathan David and Edon Zhegrova both scored hat-tricks in a record win for the hosts at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.<\/p>\n Golden Lion did manage one shot on goal, but Lille had 37 efforts.<\/p>\n The visitors’ lengthy journey to northern France began on Wednesday with a direct flight to Paris.<\/p>\n They had plenty of time to reflect on the defeat – on their 4,000 mile (6,400km) journey home.<\/p>\n Read more from Sky News: After the full-time whistle, the Lille players gave the Golden Lion stars a guard of honour as they made their way off the pitch, The Sun said.<\/p>\n Martinique is an island of 436 square miles (1,128 square km) with a population of 364,508, in the Lesser Antilles, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a>
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